Howard Jackson Bradberry, Jr., 62, of Montgomery Street, was arrested at his home May 25 after DNA test results linked him to a 1982 crime scene where the body of Laney Lee McGadney was found. Bradberry is charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, and kidnapping.
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Laurel man charged with rape, murder in 40-year-old Howard County kidnapping case
By FOX 5 Digital Team
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HOWARD COUNTY, Md. - On March 29, 1982, Laney McGadney left her Columbia home to go to the grocery store. Later that day, her body was found in a vacant lot after she’d been raped and stabbed to death.
Nearly 40 years later, the man who murdered the 28-year-old mother of four is being brought to justice.
Howard County police say they’ve arrested Howard Jackson Bradberry of Montgomery Street in Laurel on charges including second-degree murder, first and second-degree rape and kidnapping.
Police used DNA evidence to unlock the decades-old case.
A chilling 911 call from the day of the woman's disappearance and murder described, turn-by-turn, the route that one would take to discover her corpse. The post Nearly 40 Years After a Chilling 911 Call Led Police to Her Corpse, Laney Lee McGadney’s Alleged Rapist and Killer Has Been Arrested first appeared on Law & Crime.